Monsoon Watch -1 2016
It is very important to firstly estimate the date of arrival of the S W Monsoon, as year to year, variations in dates of onset of the monsoon can occur and there have been several occasions in the past when the monsoon arrived over certain parts of the country about a fortnight earlier or later than the normal dates. The SWM has the  weatherman tearing at his hair for the exact date or time, extent and progress. This is never 100 per cent sure though various weather models are used to calculate this event.
Initially, in the firsr few articles, of this series will be chasing and closely following up the actual developments of the monsoon parameters, and analysing its progress regionally for calculating and estimating the arrival date.....

Full Article in vagaries.

HOT East India

Temp update 7th April 2016 10:50 PM IST Heatwave Almost Kissing Kolkata , and Sprawling all across East india .....

Posted by Weather of Kolkata on Thursday, 7 April 2016

Today as well, LWD seen from S-tip Tamilnadu to NW Karnataka to S,central Maharastra to SE MP to N Chatisgarh .. https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/iepMN.jpg
At low-levels, the LWD along W-ghats and from NW Karnataka to SW Bengal is expected to persist for next 36hrs... https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/original/ieqH0.gif

More scattered Heavy/moderate T showers expected over W-ghats from NW Karnataka to S-tip Tamilnadu on 7-Apr ... https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/ier6R.jpg

During next 2 days, some moisture push is expected to happen into Tamilnadu.

In 24hrs, scattered T showers also for central,NW,W Tamilnadu.

@karthyke @NeelaVanam >>

One /two T showers expected to pop over S,SW,central Karnataka in 24hrs.

Bangalore can get a hit/miss T shower !

During next 2 days, most of S,central Peninsula to have HOT above normal temps.

SE-coast (including Chennai) to have normal temps.

HEAT wave to persist over E,central Uttarpradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Bengal on 7,8-Apr... https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/iet4K.jpg

As of latest, the upper-level WD trough is seen along NW India and a weak circulation over N-central Pakistan.. https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/iemFH.jpg

In next 24hrs, this WD circulation is expected to fizzle out over N India.

Before that, scattered moderate rain for Kashmir and Himachal.

In next 24hrs, One or two moderate rain also for Punjab into N Haryana and W Uttarpradesh... https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/ieohp.jpg

The moisture left over from present WD system is expected to travel East into E,E-central India in next 42hrs ... https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/ieoED.jpg

This can pop 1 or 2 Severe T showers "Nor-westers" over N Chatisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha into W,SW Bengal in next 42hrs.

Satellite visible of 5:30pm, 5-Apr... 

Tamilnadu - Colachel, Kuzhithurai 4cm

Karnataka - Bhagamandala 7, Kerur 3cm ... https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/iejHg.jpg

This image is 5:30pm, today ... looks more or less the same like 5-Apr, T showers along W-ghats of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamilnadu...  https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/iekdN.jpg ..T showers also over NW Karnataka, S,SW Maharastra, Odisha, Jharkhand and E,SE Madhyapradesh.

5:30pm, Heavy rain also seen over N Himachal !

#HOT days continue over most of India now. And the list of above 40s are also growing by the day, Bhubaneswar 43.2C .. https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/ielab.jpg

April 06, 2016 at 01:44PM

Chennai - 12:30pm photo. Another hot day. Temp 34.2 C but feels like 45 c at 1:30pm. #weather

from Instagram

April 06, 2016 at 01:11PM

RT @saha_abhi1990: >> "rain-soaked Srinagar "
11:31am, Heavy downpour with hailstorm in Srinagar right now.. #iwm http://pic.twitter.com/926Jd3sMUZ

— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) April 6, 2016

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April 06, 2016 at 01:03PM

RT @ChocolateLavaC1:
Clap of thunder, raining in Dwarka, New Delhi. #iwm (5:52am)

— Indian Weather Man (@weatherofindia) April 6, 2016

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April 06, 2016 at 12:52PM

This is Bareilly's sky at 11:45am today. #weather

from Instagram

5-Apr, The low-level trough line over peninsula is expected to be from N Chatisgarh to Telangana to NW Tamilnadu .. https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/original/i9Nm3.gif

.. this will mean westerlies over most of Peninsula.

Temperatures expected to rise !

And

T showers will pop along W zones of trough line.

In 36hrs, scattered T showers for N,NW,W Karnataka, S,W,NW,N Maharastra into S,SW Madhyapradesh !

Scattered T showers also for Chatisgarh and Odisha during next 36hrs.

During next 2 days..

Above normal Day temps will persist over Tamilnadu, S,E Karnataka, S,central Andhra ... https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/i9RLD.jpg

Super #HOT day expected over Uttarpradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Bengal on 5,6-Apr !

Next WD upper-level trough is expected to reach N,NW India on Wednesday morning ... https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/i9UTL.jpg